#earl w. wallace

[genevieveetguy]

. - Your sister says you don't have a family. - No, I don't. - She thinks that you ought to get married and have children of your own, instead of trying to be a father to hers. - Yeah. - Except she thinks you are afraid of the responsibility. - That's interesting... anything else? - She thinks you like policing because you think you are right about everything and you're the only one who can do anything, and when you drink a lot of beer you say things like 'none of the other police know a crook from a bag of elbows!'. At least I think that's what she said.

Witness, Peter Weir (1985)

[theoscarsproject]

Witness (1985). While protecting an Amish boy - who is the sole witness to a brutal murder - and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life is threatened.

This is one of my mum's favourite movies, and I still remember her finally deciding I was old enough to watch it with her (when I probably wasn't, haha) and feeling every way this movie sings. And man, it holds up. Peter Weir really is THAT director, an uncanny touch with both the feminine and the masculine, with tenderness and violence, with languid lyricism and brute, effective punctuation. It's kind of insane to me that his body of work isn't given the same bated-breath treatment as some of his contemporaries. Anyway, this might just be a perfect romantic thriller, and far and away Harrison Ford's best work. 9/10.

[thebestestwinner]

Top two vote-getters will move on to the next round. See pinned post for all groups!

[ramascreen]

Key Art And Trailer For Peacock's PAUL T. GOLDMAN Series

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[nine-frames]

Witness, 1985.

Dir. Peter Weir | Writ. Earl W. Wallace & William Kelley | DOP John Seale

[brokehorrorfan]

Witness will be released on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on October 24 via Arrow Video. Tommy Pocket designed the new cover art fort the 1985 neo-noir crime thriller; the original poster is on the reverse side.

Peter Weir (The Truman Show, Dead Poets Society) directs from a script by Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley. Harrison Ford stars with Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubeš, Danny Glover, Josef Sommer, Alexander Godunov, Patti LuPone, and Viggo Mortensen.

The limited edition set comes with a 60-page booklet illustrated by Pocket with new writing by Dennis Capicik, Martyn Conterio, John Harrison and Amanda Reyes; a double-sided poster; and six double-sided postcards.

Witness is presented in 4K with Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) and original lossless 2.0 stereo audio and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio options. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Jarret Gahan (new)

Interview with cinematographer John Seale (new)

Visual essay on the film's performances by film journalist Staci Layne Wilson (new)

Between Two Worlds - 2005 making-of documentary with actors Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Patti LuPone and Viggo Mortensen, director Peter Weir, cinematographer John Seale, and producer Edward S. Feldman

1985 interview with Harrison Ford by critic Bobbie Wygant

1999 Interview with director Peter Weir

2 vintage EPK featurettes

Deleted scene from the TV version

Theatrical trailer

Image gallery

Also included:

60-page perfect bound booklet illustrated by Tommy Pocket with new writing by Dennis Capicik, Martyn Conterio, John Harrison, and Amanda Reyes

Fold-out double-sided poster

6 double-sided postcards

When a young Amish boy inadvertently witnesses a brutal murder while en route to Philadelphia with his recently widowed mother, Rachel (Kelly McGillis), Detective John Book (Harrison Ford) is assigned to the case. With the perpetrators desperate to silence the sole witness, Book and his two wards are forced to hide out in the heart of the Amish community. As passions between Book and Rachel ignite, the killers close in, culminating in a dramatic, life-and-death clash of cultures that will change the lives of those involved forever.

Pre-order Witness.

[pintsizeddeepthoughts]

25 of 250: Favorite Films - Witness

Not long ago, work colleagues and I got into a discussion about what our favorite films were. Given my categorical nature I could not resist writing down a list and, as a writing challenge, have decided to write 250 word reviews of my favorite 25 films of all-time. Note: these are my favorite films, not what I think are the best films of all time.

Directed by: Peter Weir

Written by: Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley

Starring: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas

Year/Country: 1985, United States

In an interview with the American Film Institute, Harrison Ford said, “the worst thing you can do (with a love story) is make love because it spoils the tension.” This was in reference to Australian director Peter Weir’s Witness, one of cinema’s great star-crossed love stories. Ford plays Detective Book, a Philadelphia cop who is shot by a crooked member of his department while investigating the murder of an undercover cop. The only witness to the crime is a visiting Amish boy, accompanied by his mother. Wounded, he takes the boy and his mother back to Pennsylvania’s Amish country where he’s forced to hide out.

From there the movie becomes something truly special - a beautifully shot and scored, thoughtful, honest examination of different cultures, their limitations, and how those living within those cultures are both empowered and constrained by them. Ford turns in the best performance of his career (netting his only Oscar nominatio). His Detective Book is a vulnerable man, out of place in the Amish world. The openness with which he approaches his situation leads to the tender romance with Kelly McGillis’s Rachel. Both are clearly attracted to each other but the tremendous gulf between their cultures prevents them from consummating their attraction. The film is mature enough to realize this (Book: “If we'd made love last night I'd have to stay. Or you'd have to leave.”) and it elevates the film’s power and informs its Hitchcockian finale, one filled with notable restraint and highlights the film’s themes.

[awardseason]

21st Annual Visual Effects Society Awards — Film Winners

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water – Richard Baneham, Walter Garcia, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, JD Schwalm — WINNER Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – Christian Mänz, Olly Young, Benjamin Loch, Stephane Naze, Alistair Williams Jurassic World: Dominion – David Vickery, Ann Podlozny, Jance Rubinchik, Dan Snape, Paul Corbould The Batman – Dan Lemmon, Bryan Searing, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Paul Molles, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, Scott Fisher

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Death on the Nile – George Murphy, Claudia Dehmel, Mathieu Raynault, Jonathan Bowen, David Watkins I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Paul Norris, Tim Field, Don Libby, Andrew Simmonds The Fabelmans – Pablo Helman, Jennifer Mizener, Cernogorods Aleksei, Jeff Kalmus, Mark Hawker The Gray Man – Swen Gilberg, Viet Luu, Bryan Grill, Cliff Welsh, Michael Meinardus The Pale Blue Eye – Jake Braver, Catherine Farrell, Tim Van Horn, Scott Pritchard, Jeremy Hays Thirteen Lives – Jason Billington, Thomas Horton, Denis Baudin, Michael Harrison, Brian Cox — WINNER

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Aaron Weintraub, Jeffrey Schaper, Cameron Carson, Emma Gorbey, Mad God, Chris Morley, Phil Tippett, Ken Rogerson, Tom Gibbons — WINNER Strange World – Steve Goldberg, Laurie Au, Mark Hammel, Mehrdad Isvandi The Bad Guys– Pierre Perifel, Damon Ross, Matt Baer, JP Sans The Sea Beast – Joshua Beveridge, Christian Hejnal, Stirling Duguid, Spencer Lueders Turning Red – Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins, Danielle Feinberg, Dave Hale

Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature  Avatar: The Way of Water: Kiri – Anneka Fris, Rebecca Louise Leybourne, Guillaume Francois, Jung-Rock Hwang — WINNER Beast: Lion – Alvise Avati, Bora Şahin, Chris McGaw, Krzysztof Boyoko Disney’s Pinocchio: Honest John – Christophe Paradis, Valentina Rosselli, Armita Khanlarpour, Kyoungmin Kim Slumberland: Pig – Fernando Lopes Herrera, Victor Dinis, Martine Chartrand, Lucie Martinetto

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Geppetto – Charles Greenfield, Peter Saunders, Shami Lang-Rinderspacher, Noel Estevez-Baker Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Pinocchio – Oliver Beale, Richard Pickersgill, Brian Leif Hansen, Kim Slate — WINNER Strange World: Splat – Leticia Gillett, Cameron Black, Dan Lipson, Louis Jones Turning Red: Panda Mei – Christopher Bolwyn, Ethan Dean, Bill Sheffler, Kureha Yokoo

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water: Metkayina Village – Ryan Arcus, Lisa Hardisty, Paul Harris TaeHyoung David Kim Avatar: The Way of Water: The Reef – Jessica Cowley, Joe W. Churchill, Justin Stockton, Alex Nowotny — WINNER Jurassic World Dominion: Biosyn Valley – Steve Ellis, Steve Hardy, Thomas Dohlen, John Seru Slumberland: The Wondrous Cuban Hotel Dream – Daniël Dimitri Veder, Marc Austin, Pavan Rajesh Uppu, Casey Gorton

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: In the Stomach of a Sea Monster – Warren Lawtey, Anjum Sakharkar, Javier Gonzalez Alonso, Quinn Carvalho — WINNER Lightyear: T’Kani Prime Forest – Lenora Acidera, Amy Allen, Alyssa Minko, Jose L. Ramos Serrano Strange World: The Windy Jungle – Ki Jong Hong, Ryan Smith, Jesse Erickson, Benjamin Fiske The Sea Beast: The Hunting Ship – Yohan Bang, Enoch Ihde, Denil George Chundangal, John Wallace Wendell & Wild: The Scream Fair – Tom Proost, Nicholas Blake, Colin Babcock, Matthew Paul Albertus Cross

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project ABBA: Voyage – Pär M. Ekberg, John Galloway, Paolo Acri, Jose Burgos Avatar: The Way of Water – Richard Baneham, Dan Cox, Eric Reynolds, A.J Briones — WINNER Prehistoric Planet – Daniel Fotheringham, Krzysztof Szczepanski, Wei-Chuan Hsu, Claire Hill The Batman: Rain Soaked Car Chase – Dennis Yoo, Michael J. Hall, Jason Desjarlais, Ben Bigiel

Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project Avatar: The Way of Water: The Sea Dragon – Sam Sharplin, Stephan Skorepa, Ian Baker, Guillaume Francois — WINNER The Sea Beast – Maxx Okazaki, Susan Kornfeld, Edward Lee, Doug Smith Top Gun: Maverick: F-14 Tomcat – Christian Peck, Klaudio Ladavac, Aram Jung, Peter Dominik Wendell & Wild: Dream Faire – Peter Dahmen, Paul Harrod, Nicholas Blake

Outstanding Effects Simulation in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water: Fire and Destruction – Miguel Perez Senent, Xavier Martin Ramirez, David Kirchner, Ole Geir Eidsheim Avatar: The Way of Water: Water Simulations – Johnathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicolas Illingworth, David Caeiro Cebrian — WINNER Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: City Street Flooding – Matthew Hanger, Alexis Hall, Hang Yang, Mikel Zuloaga Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – Jesse Parker Holmes, Grayden Solman, Toyokazu Hirai, Rob Richardson

Outstanding Effects Simulation in an Animated Feature Lightyear – Alexis Angelidis, Chris Chapman, Jung-Hyun Kim, Keith Klohn Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, Kiem Ching Ong, Jinguang Huang — WINNER Strange World – Deborah Carlson, Scott Townsend, Stuart Griese, Yasser Hamed The Sea Beast – Spencer Lueders, Dmitriy Kolesnik, Brian D. Casper, Joe Eckroat

Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in Feature Avatar: The Way of Water: Landing Rockets Forest Destruction – Miguel Santana Da Silva, Hongfei Geng, Jonathan Moulin, Maria Corcho Avatar: The Way of Water: Water Integration – Sam Cole, Francois Sugny, Florian Schroeder, Jean Matthews — WINNER The Batman: Rainy Freeway Chase – Beck Veitch, Stephen Tong, Eva Snyder, Rachel E. Herbert Top Gun: Maverick – Saul Davide Galbiati, Jean-Frederic Veilleux, Felix B. Lafontaine, Cynthia Rodriguez del Castillo

Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal Project Avatar: The Way of Water: Current Machine and Wave Pool – JD Schwalm, Richie Schwalm, Nick Rand, Robert Spurlock — WINNER Black Adam: Robotic Flight – JD Schwalm, Nick Rand, Andrew Hyde, Andy Robot, Mad God, Phil Tippett, Chris Morley, Webster Colcord, Johnny McLeod The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power “Adrift” Middle Earth Storm – Dean Clarke, Oliver Gee, Eliot Naimie, Mark Robson

Emerging Technology Award Avatar: The Way of Water: Depth Comp – Dejan Momcilovic, Tobias B. Schmidt, Benny Edlund, Joshua Hardgrave Avatar: The Way of Water: Facial System – Byungkuk Choi, Stephen Cullingford, Stuart Adcock, Marco Revelant Avatar: The Way of Water: Water Toolset – Alexey Dmitrievich Stomakhin, Steve Lesser, Sven Joel Wretborn, Douglas McHale — WINNER Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: 3D Printed Metal Armature – Richard Pickersgill, Glen Southern, Peter Saunders, Brian Leif Hansen Turning Red: Profile Mover and CurveNets – Kurt Fleischer, Fernando de Goes, Bill Sheffler

[wutbju]

When the +++Positives+++ released this letter in January 2023, they blacked out all of the signatories but one:

The full signature line was:

Sincerely, The Executive Board of the Foundations Baptist Fellowship International Approved unanimously with one abstention by the FBFI Board at the 2022 Winter Board Meeting

So yes, Bob Jones III was writing to his own legacy institution to “being to make corrections.”

WutBJU doesn’t know who was present at this Winter Board Meeting of the FBFI outside of Bob Jones III.

But here’s the current slate of officers of the FBFI:

Dr. Kevin Schaal President/CEO Northwest Valley Baptist Church 4030 W Yorkshire Drive Glendale, AZ 85308 Phone: 864.268.0777

Dr. Gordon Dickson Chairman Calvary Baptist Church 2000 Broad Ave Findlay, OH 45840 Phone: 419.422.6842

Pastor Taigen Joos Vice Chairman Heritage Baptist Church 8186 Dover Point Road Dover, NH 03820 Phone: 603.749.0762

Dr. Bud Steadman Secretary Baptist World Mission PO Box 2149 Decatur, AL 35602-2149 Phone: 256.353.2221

Pastor Michael Privett Treasurer Summit View Baptist Church 31 N Highway 25 Bypass Travelers Rest, SC 29617 Phone:  757.206.9544

And the Executive Board:

Dr. Ron Allen Bible Baptist Church 2724 Margaret Wallace Road Matthews, NC 28105 704.535.1692

Rev. Mike Ascher Good News Baptist Church 3252 Taylor Road Chesapeake, VA 23321 757.488.3241

Dr. James Baker Tabernacle Baptist Church 717 N. Whitehurst Landing Road Virginia Beach, VA 23464 757.424.4673

Rev. Earl Barnett King Cove Bible Chapel PO Box 45 King Cove, AK 99612 (907) 497-2076 (907) 414-1402 Cell

Dr. David Byford Faith Baptist Church 7023 Deer Trail Road Manhattan KS 66503 785.539.3363

Dr. Robert Condict Upper Cross Roads Baptist Church 2717 Greene Road Baldwin MD 21013 410.557.7427

Rev. Jeff Davis EMU International 325 Regency Circle Anderson, SC 29625 864.617.7156

Mr. Roger Duvall 22 Elmwood Drive Taylors, SC 29687 864.420.0892

Dr. Ken Endean Tri-City Baptist Church 2211 W Germann Road Chandler, AZ 85286 480.245.7969

Pastor Tony Facenda Stillwaters Baptist Church Milepost 4 1/2 US 158 Nags Head, NC 27959 (252) 255-1835

CH (COL) Gary Fisher 2634 Wisser Street​ Honolulu, HI 98619 785.492.7667

Pastor Terry Hamilton Friendship Baptist Church 700 Boyson Rd NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 319.393.6990

Dr. Mike Harding First Baptist Church of Troy 2601 John R Troy MI 48084 810.689.4555

Dr. Craig Hartman Shalom Ministries Inc 2152 Ralph Avenue #601 Brooklyn NY 11234 718.232.8233

Dr. Dale Heffernan Midland Baptist Church 1860 North Tyler Road Wichita, KS 67212 316.721.1860

Rev. Arin Hess 7210 Orchard Street Lincoln, NE 68505 402.750.0555

Dr. David Innes Hamilton Square Baptist Church 1212 Geary St. San Francisco CA 94109 415.673.8586

Rev. Don Johnson Grace Baptist Church 2731 Matson Road Victoria, BC CANADA V9B 4M5

Dr. Stephen Jones Bob Jones University 1700 Wade Hampton Blvd Greenville, SC 29614

Dr. Larry Karsies Harvest Hills Baptist Church 9713 North County Line Road Yukon, OK 73099 405.721.1920

Dr. Mark Minnick Mt. Calvary Baptist Church 115 Cedar Lane Road Greenville SC 29601 864.233.1684

Rev. Jeff Musgrave The Exchange 10100 Glenayre Court Parker, CO 80134 303.798.1204

Dr. Larry Oats Maranatha Baptist University 745 West Main Street Watertown WI 53094 920.206.2324

Dr. David Pennington Penn Coaching & Consulting 2018 Freeport Drive Indian Trail, NC 28079 317.507.6001

Dr. Chuck Phelps Colonial Hills Baptist Church 8140 Union Chapel Road Indianapolis, IN 46240 317.253.5597

Dr. Kent Ramler People’s Baptist Church 6648 Carpenter Road Frederick, MD 21703 301.473.5635

Dr. C. Matthew Recker Heritage Baptist Church PO Box 7925 New York NY 10016 212.947-5316

Rev. Stephen Russell Central Baptist Church 1812 Honeysuckle Road Dothan AL 36305-4224 334.794.9214

Dr. Dale Seaman Calvary Baptist Church 1768 N Newcomb Street Porterville, CA 93257 559.783.0857

Dr. Will Senn Tri-City Baptist Church 6953 W 92nd Lane Westminster, CO 80021-4074 303.424.2287

Rev. Ron Smith Jr Victory Baptist Church/AFBM PO Box 2462 California City CA 93504 760.373.7314

Rev. Jeremy Sweatt Farmington Avenue Baptist Church 149 Mountain Rd West Hartford CT 06107 860.521.8380

Rev. Dan Unruh Westside Baptist Church 6260 West 4th Street Greeley CO 80634 970.346.8610

Dr. John C. Vaughn 109 Saffron Way Taylors SC 29687 864.325.2531

CH (COL) Joe Willis USAR RET 2021 Bradbury Rd Adams TN 37010 813.767.2734

Pastor Doug Wright Keystone Baptist Church 15 Keystone Lane Berryville, VA 22611 540.955.3410

Dr. Mike Yarborough Faith Baptist Church 1445 Fertilizer Road Riegelwood, NC 28456 919.622.5309

Dr. Wayne Van Gelderen Jr. Falls Baptist Church N69 W12703 Appleton Avenue Menomonee Falls WI 53051 414.251.7051

And then the board members they keep around on an “Advisory Board”:

Rev. Mark Brock Crossway Baptist Church 4600 Ashe Rd. #318 Bakersfield, CA 93313 661.900.2578

Dr. Ron Ehmann Northwest Baptist Missions PO Box 548 Toole, UT 84074

Mr. Mark Herbster Maranatha Baptist University 745 West Main Street Watertown, WI 53094

Dr. Marty Herron Harvest Baptist Church PO Box 23189 Barrigada, GU 96921

Dr. Jeff Kahl W10085 Pike Plains Road Dunbar, WI 54119 704.989.8517

Dr. Greg Kaminski Westside Baptist Church 1375 Irving Road Eugene, OR 07404

CDR Tavis Long, CHC, USN 1820 Sunsprite Loop Chesapeake, VA 23323 662.812.5288

Ch. Maj. Nathan Mestler International Baptist College 2211 W Germann Rd Chandler, Arizona 85286

Rev. Dan Pelletier Hamilton Square Baptist Church 1212 Geary Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94109

CH (COL) Michael Shellman 206 South Courthouse Road Arlington, VA 22204 910.309.6776 Board Emeritus

Dr. Rick Arrowood 104 Rambling Creek Cv Byron, GA 31008-9584 317.217.1600

Dr. Charles Britt Sr. 3979 Kristen Street Spring Hill TN 37174 931.489.9248

Dr. Gerald Carlson 53 Gideon Road Sebring, FL 33870 252.452.1112

Dr. Edward Caughill 206 Cooleys Crest Lane Inman SC 29349 757.479.1195

Dr. Walter Coles Good News Baptist Church 3252 Taylor Road Chesapeake VA 23321 757.488.3241

Dr. Johnny Daniels Calvary Baptist Tabernacle PO Box 3390 Carolina, PR 00984 787.750.2227

Dr. Bill Hall 75 Wintergreen Ave Greeneville TN 37745 423.638.8087

Dr. Bruce Hamilton Hamilton Acres Baptist Church 138 Farewell Avenue Fairbanks AK 99701 907.456.5995

Dr. Bob Jones III Bob Jones University 419 Library Drive Greenville SC 29609 864.242.5100

Dr. Peter Maruyama Narashino Baptist Church 4-17-10, Moto-Ohkubo Narashino, Chiba 275-0012 JAPAN 011.047.477.8910

Mr. Mike Moreau Harvest Media, Inc 22 Briarwood Court Schaumburg IL 60193 847.352.4345

Dr. Fred Moritz 149 Marsh Creek Drive Garner, NC 27529 (256) 318-0897

Dr. Les Ollila PO Box 40 Pembine, WI 54156 715.324.6900

Rev. Wilbur W. Schoneweis Emmanuel Independent Baptist Church 411 Blunt Street Clay Center KS 67432 785.632.5939

Dr. Robert Taylor Colonial Hills Baptist Church 8140 Union Chapel Road Indianapolis IN 46240 317.253.5597

Dr. George Youstra 1984 Georgia Circle Clearwater FL 33760 727.538.1920

I’ve bolded those names who are either current or former members of the BJU Board of Trustees. UPDATE: I eliminated this indication after receiving all the names who signed.

The men present who voted unanimously were either all of those or some of those. We don’t know. We can presume that the Officers were all likely present: Kevin Schaal, Gordan Dickson, Taigen Joos, Bud Steadman, and Michael Privett.

Who abstained? Bob III didn’t. Mike Harding as a present BJU Board member? Stephen Jones as a very absent member of the Royal family? Mark Minnick as a current employee?

The only name on there that I can guarantee did not abstain was Don Johnson, but he’s an old friend of mine. ;)

What do you think?

UPDATE, May 15, 2023: The Positives have added an unredacted signatory list. WutBJU will mark all those signatories on the above list in bold italics.

[nitestar7]

Borrowed Hearts (1997) - review

Reviewed by Litewriter Borrowed Hearts (1997) is a darling little Holiday Drama great for the whole family to watch or just enjoy it yourself. It was written by TED KOTCHEFF and directed by PAMELA WALLACE and EARL W. WALLACE. The main cast starred SARAH ROSEN FRUITMAN as little Zoey Russell, actresses ROMA DOWNEY as Kathleen Russell (Zoey’s mother), KEVIN HICKS as Jerry Russell which is Zoey’s…

[milliondollarbaby87]

Witness (1985) Review

Samuel a young Amish boy is the only witness to a murder he must be protected by Detective John Book, as the man murdered was an undercover police officer. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Continue reading

[80smovies]

Witness (1985)

[thebestestwinner]

See pinned post for the full bracket!

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[seattlemysterybooks]

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[scotianostra]

On 12th of June the year 1300 The Scots, under the guardian, John [Red] Comyn, beat an English army at Dillecarew field near Lindores in Fife.

This a follow up to the post about Wallace and Black Earnside, I’ve tried to cobble a post together before about it but this time spent longer trying.........

This is confusing for me, I am merely laying it down here to show you what an amateur sleuth/historian is up against while posting about the First War of Scottish Independence......... 

According to sources Sir William Wallace was again said to be present at this battle, Comyn and he  would pair up again three years later at Roslin, another battle that get’s overlooked a wee bit lesser so than this one though.

It’s very difficult reconciling the facts of what happened with so little being written,  Sir John Fraser “the Patriot”, another present at Roslin, is said to have  4000 men to the rear of the English army, but as I understand it, Fraser was still on the side of Edward I at the time, Wallace, the only one of the three who never fought for the English.

 According to the source, Fraser had Sir William Wallace at his side and the Scots made short work of the English army, killing the English General  Sir John Siward. I can’t find any mention of Siward being killed, or even being an English general, other Siwards are from earlier in our history, most notably fighting alongside King Malcolm II. 

The numbers killed are said to be about 3,000 English as opposed to 300 Scot’s. I found a brief mention of the battle in another source that states that the Scots casualties included a Christopher Seton, but the only Seton of that era I found is said to have been executed in 1306 at Dumfries, another source says he, and another two notable Scots, “ Sir Thomas Lochore, and Sir John Balfour, Sheriff of Fife, were wounded and hurt. “ 

So I’m scratching around trying to make sense of all this and I come across this 

“extensive forest of Blackironside , and , after an obstinate conflict , the invaders were defeated with the loss of 1580 men . This engagement , which is sometimes called the Battle of Dillecarew ,

And then there was this.

Sir Duncan Balfour, sheriff of Fife, one of the patriotic few who adhered to the fortunes of the renowned Sir William Wal- lace. He was slain 12th June, 1298, at the battle of Blackironside, where the Scottish hero defeated, with great slaughter, tlie English under Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke. Sir Duncan's son, Sir John Balfour, who succeeded to his father's estates and office, that of sheriff of Fife. Sir John participated in the victory obtained at Dillecarew, in 1300, by Sir John Fraser and Sir W^illiam Wallace, but re- ceived a severe wound in the conflict. His son and successor.

So was there two battles in roughly the same area, or was it the same battle, it seems the historians can’t agree so what chance do I have? 

So it’s here I have decided to leave it, I will no doubt return to it this time next year, but my head hurts now.

Sources include

https://randomscottishhistory.com/2018/06/01/six-protectors-or-governors-after-king-alexander-iii-s-death-updated-pp-77-88/

https://digital.nls.uk/histories-of-scottish-families/archive/96737156?mode=transcription

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vCxwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA16&dq=Dillecarew&hl=en&output=html_text&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjz47OF96f4AhUElFwKHQ5qAvAQ6AF6BAgDEAI

https://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-burke/a-genealogical-and-heraldic-history-of-the-commoners-of-great-britain-and-irelan-kru-758/page-24-a-genealogical-and-heraldic-history-of-the-commoners-of-great-britain-and-irelan-kru-758.shtml